Liste der Parteien im Vereinigten Königreich

Vor d​er Mitte d​es 19. Jahrhunderts w​urde die britische Politik v​on den Whigs u​nd den Tories dominiert. Sie w​aren keine politischen Parteien i​m heutigen Sinne, sondern vielmehr l​ose Allianzen v​on Interessengruppen u​nd Einzelpersonen. Die Whigs identifizierten s​ich mit d​er neuen aufstrebenden Industrie, während d​ie Tories d​em Adel u​nd der anglikanischen Kirche nahestanden.

Mit d​er Zeit wurden d​ie Whigs z​ur Liberal Party, d​ie Tories z​ur Conservative Party. Diese z​wei Parteien dominierten d​ie Politik b​is in d​ie 1920er, a​ls die Liberal Party e​inen markanten Bedeutungsverlust hinnehmen musste u​nd viele Mitglieder a​us der Partei austraten. Die Rolle a​ls Hauptkonkurrentin d​er Konservativen n​ahm nun d​ie Labour Party ein, e​ine Allianz zwischen Gewerkschaften u​nd verschiedenen sozialistischen Gruppen.

Bis h​eute dominieren d​ie Konservativen u​nd Labour d​ie britische Politik u​nd lösten s​ich gegenseitig i​n der Regierung ab. In letzter Zeit h​aben sich d​ie aus d​er Liberal Party entstandenen Liberal Democrats a​ls dritte Kraft m​it einem Wähleranteil v​on rund 20 % etabliert u​nd ihre Wahlresultate markant verbessert. Aufgrund d​es Mehrheitswahlrechts werden kleinere Parteien s​tark benachteiligt. Die i​m Unterhaus vertretenen Kleinparteien h​aben eine starke regionale Verankerung.

Parteien im Unterhaus

Parteien im schottischen Parlament

Parteien im walisischen Parlament

Parteien im nordirischen Parlament (Northern Ireland Assembly)

Parteien der London-Versammlung (London Assembly)

Sonstige Parteien

Sonstige britische Parteien
  • 4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP)
  • Animal Welfare Party
  • Christian Democratic Party
  • Christian Party
  • Christian Peoples Alliance
  • Free Speech Union
  • Humanist Party
  • Independence from Europe
  • Independent Community and Health Concern
  • Liberal Party (Neugründung der alten Liberal Party, nicht mit den Liberal Democrats verbunden)
  • Libertarian Party
  • No Candidate Deserves My Vote!
  • One Love Party
  • Peace Party
  • Populist Party
  • Reform UK (bis 1/2021 Brexit Party)
  • Social Democratic Party
  • Something New
  • The Common Good
  • UK Independence Party
  • UK Veterans' and People's Party
  • Volt UK
  • Whig Party
  • Women's Equality Party
  • Young People's Party UK

Linke Parteien

England
  • Barnsley Independent Group
  • Community
  • Community Action Party
  • Community Group
  • Cornish Nationalist Party – sezessionistische Partei in Cornwall
  • Democratic Independent Group
  • Derwentside Independents
  • Devizes Guardians
  • East Devon Alliance
  • English Democrats – englische Föderalisten
  • English Liberal Democrats
  • Guildford Greenbelt Group
  • Heald Green Ratepayers – Kleinstpartei mit Ratssitzen in Stockport
  • Henley Residents Group
  • Idle Toad
  • Independents for Frome
  • Isle of Wight Party
  • Lewisham People Before Profit
  • Lincolnshire Independents
  • Mebyon Kernow – sezessionistische Partei in Cornwall
  • Middlewich First
  • Morecambe Bay Independents
  • National Health Action Party
  • North East Party
  • People's Democratic Party
  • Putting Hartlepool First
  • Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell – lokale Partei mit der Mehrheit im Bezirksrat von Epsom and Ewell
  • Residents for Uttlesford
  • Roman Party
  • The Republic Party
  • Wessex Regionalist Party – Regionalpartei in Wessex
  • Yorkshire and the Humber Labour Party
  • Yorkshire Party

Schottland
  • Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party
  • All for Unity
  • British Union & Sovereignty Party
  • Borders Party
  • Clannasaor – für schottische Unabhängigkeit
  • Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent
  • Independent Green Voice
  • Orkney Manifesto Group
  • Red Party of Scotland
  • Rubbish Party
  • Scottish Christian Party
  • Scottish Democratic Alliance
  • Scottish Family Party
  • Scottish Libertarian Party
  • Scottish Socialist Party
  • Scottish Unionist Party
  • Socialist Party Scotland
  • Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement
  • West Dunbartonshire Community Party

Wales

Nordirland

Extreme Rechte

Spaßparteien

Religiöse Parteien
  • Christian Democratic Party
  • Christian Party
  • Christian Peoples Alliance
  • The Common Good

Nicht-registrierte und aufgelöste Parteien

Sonstige Parteien
  • Liberal Party (1859–1988)
  • Liberal Unionist Party (1886–1912)
  • Socialist National Defence League (1910er)
  • Women's Party (1917–1919)
  • National Democratic and Labour Party (1918–1923)
  • National Liberal Party (1922–1923)
  • National Liberal Party (1931–1968)
  • New Party (1931–1932)
  • Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1931–1951; 1965–1978)
  • Fellowship Party (1955–2007)
  • Democratic Labour (1972–1979)
  • Campaign for Social Democracy (1973–1974)
  • Green Party (UK)
  • Social Democratic Alliance (1975–1981)
  • Social Democratic Party (1981–1990)
  • Natural Law Party (1992–2004)
  • People's Justice Party (1998–2006)
  • Democratic Party (1998–2010)
  • Legalise Cannabis Alliance (1999–2006) – Legalisierung von Cannabis
  • Countryside Party (2000–2008)
  • The New Party (2003–2010)
  • Make Politicians History (2005–2009)
  • Science Party
  • Trust (2010–2011)
  • Above and Beyond Party (2015–2016)
  • Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (2015–2016)
  • Change UK – The Independent Group (2/2019–12/2019)
  • Pirate Party UK (2009–2020)

Linke Parteien
  • Social Democratic Federation (1884–1911)
  • Socialist League (1886–1903)
  • Independent Labour Party (1893–1975)
  • Socialist Labour Party (1903) (1903–1980)
  • British Socialist Party (1911–1920)
  • Workers Socialist Federation (1914–1921)
  • National Socialist Party (1916–1919)
  • Communist Party of Great Britain (1920–1991)
  • Workers International League (1937–1944)
  • Revolutionary Socialist League (1938–1944)
  • Common Wealth Party (1941–1945)
  • Revolutionary Communist Party (1944–1950)
  • Revolutionary Workers Party (1962–1990er)
  • International Marxist Group (1968–1981)
  • Revolutionary Communist League of Britain (1968–1998)
  • Revolutionary Marxist–Leninist League (1968–1980)
  • Working People's Party of England (1968–1986)
  • Communist Workers League of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (1969–1981)
  • Revolutionary Communist League (1970–ca. 1973)
  • British and Irish Communist Organisation (1971–ca. 1986)
  • Labour Party of Scotland (1973)
  • Communist Organisation in the British Isles (1974–ca. 1977)
  • Workers Power (1974–2015)
  • Communist League of Great Britain (1975–ca. 2001)
  • League for Socialist Action (1976–1982)
  • Revolutionary Communist Party (1978–1997)
  • International Leninist Workers Party (1979–2006)
  • Red Action (1981–2001)
  • Workers' Internationalist League (1983–1984)
  • Communist Forum (1986–1987)
  • International Socialist Group (1987–2009)
  • Marxist Party (1987–2004)
  • Workers' International League (1987–2006)
  • Movement for a Socialist Future (1990–2005)
  • Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International
  • Democratic Left (1991–1993)
  • Alliance for Workers' Liberty (war ein Teil von Left Unity) (1992–2015)
  • Socialist Alliance (1994–2005)
  • Socialist People's Party (1995–2015)
  • Democratic Labour Party (1998–2016)
  • Red Party (2004–2005)
  • United Socialist Party (2004–2010?)
  • Peace and Progress Party (2004–2015)
  • Respect – The Unity Coalition (2004–2016)
  • Permanent Revolution (2006–2013)
  • Left Alternative (2008–2010)
  • No2EU (2009–2014)
  • Class War (2014–2015)
  • Reality Party (2014–2016)

England
  • Boston Bypass Independents
  • Corrective Party (1988–1990er)
  • Free England Party (2008–2009)
  • Liverpool Protestant Party
  • New England Party (2005–2007, fusionierte mit den English Democrats)
  • Northern Party (2015–2016)
  • One London (November 2005 – November 2008)
  • Pensioners Party (England) (2004–2013)
  • Vectis National Party (1970er) – Isle of Wight Regionalpartei

Schottland
  • Communist Party of Scotland
  • Crofters Party
  • Democratic Left Scotland (1998–heute); nicht registriert; Partner der Partei der Europäischen Linken
  • East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance
  • East Kilbride Alliance
  • Fife Socialist League (1950er–1960er)
  • Fishing Party (Schottland) (?–2003)
  • Free Scotland Party (2004–2012?)
  • Highland Land League (1909–1920er)
  • Highlands and Islands Alliance
  • International Socialist Group (2011–2015)
  • Labour Party of Scotland
  • Left Alliance (2000er)
  • National Party of Scotland (1928–1934)
  • Orkney and Shetland Movement
  • Progressive Party (1920er–1970er)
  • Publican Party (2005–2007)
  • RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance (August 2015 – November 2020)
  • Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers (2006–2015)
  • Scottish Enterprise Party (2004–2009)
  • Scottish Independence Party
  • Scottish Jacobite Party (Juli 2005 – Juli 2007)
  • Scottish Labour Party (1888) (1888–1893)
  • Scottish Labour Party (1976) (1976–1981)
  • Scottish Militant Labour (1990er)
  • Scottish Party (1932–1934)
  • Scottish Prohibition Party (1901–1935)
  • Scottish Republican Socialist Party (1982–1998)
  • Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (2003–2015)
  • Scottish Separatist Group
  • Scottish Socialist Alliance
  • Scottish Socialist Federation
  • Scottish Socialist Party (1987) (1987–1990)
  • Scottish Voice
  • Scottish Workers' Representation Committee (1899–1909)
  • Scottish Workers Republican Party
  • Unionist Party (1912–1965)
  • United in Europe (2014–2015)
  • Workers Party of Scotland

Wales
  • Balchder Cymru
  • Blaenau Gwent People's Voice (2005–2010)
  • Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England
  • Cymru Annibynnol
  • Cymru Goch
  • Cymru Rydd
  • Forward Wales
  • John Marek Independent Party (2003) – aufgegangen in Forward Wales
  • South Wales Socialist Society
  • Welsh Socialist Alliance
  • Welsh Republican Movement

Nordirland
  • All-for-Ireland Party (1910–1918)
  • British Ulster Dominion Party
  • Irish Independence Party
  • Irish Parliamentary Party
  • Labour Party of Northern Ireland (1985–2016)
  • Nationalist Party
  • NI21 (2013–2016)
  • Northern Ireland Labour Party
  • Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
  • People's Democracy
  • Protestant Coalition (2013–2015)
  • Protestant Unionist Party
  • Republican Labour Party
  • Socialist Environmental Alliance (2003–2008)
  • UK Unionist Party (1995–2008)
  • Ulster Democratic Party
  • Ulster Independence Movement
  • Ulster Liberal Party
  • Ulster Popular Unionist Party (1980–1995)
  • United Unionist Coalition (1998–2003)
  • United Ulster Unionist Party (1977–1984)
  • Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
  • Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party (1973–1978)

Extreme Rechte und Faschisten
  • British Fascists (1920er–1930er)
  • National Fascisti (1920er)
  • Imperial Fascist League (1929–1939)
  • British Union of Fascists (1930er)
  • National Socialist League (1937–1939)
  • British People's Party (1940er)
  • Union Movement (1948–1973)
  • National Labour Party (1957–1960)
  • White Defence League (1958–1960)
  • British National Party (1960–1967)
  • National Democratic Party (1960er–1970er)
  • National Socialist Movement (1962–1967)
  • Greater Britain Movement (1964–1967)
  • British Movement (1968–1983)
  • National Independence Party (1970er)
  • United Country Party (1970er)
  • National Party (1975–1977)
  • New Britain Party (1976–2008)
  • British First Party (1977–2009)
  • British Democratic Party (1979–1982)
  • Constitutional Movement (1979–1984)
  • Flag Group (1980er)
  • Official National Front (1986–1989)
  • National Socialist Movement (1990er)
  • Third Way (1990–) – jetzt eine Denkfabrik (Thinktank)
  • National Democrats (1995–2011)
  • Freedom Party (2000–2006)
  • White Nationalist Party (2002–2005)
  • England First Party (2003–2012)
  • British People's Party (2005–2013)
  • Nationalist Alliance (2005–2008)
  • New Nationalist Party (2006–2007/8)
  • British Freedom Party (2010–2012)

Spaßparteien
  • Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party (1999–2009)
  • The Blah! Party
  • Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality
  • Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party
  • Free Party (2001–2002)
  • Miss Great Britain Party (2008–2009)
  • New Millennium Bean Party
  • MP3 Party (2002–2007)
  • Raving Loony Green Giant Party
  • Rock'n'roll Loony Party (2000–2007)
  • Teddy Bear's Alliance

Religiöse Parteien
  • ProLife Alliance (Abtreibungsgegner)
  • Islamic Party of Britain (1989–2006)
  • Liverpool Protestant Party (1903–1974)
  • Operation Christian Vote – Partei wurde in Christian Party umbenannt

Ein-Themen-Parteien (Euroskeptische Parteien)
  • Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party (1967–1988)
  • Referendum Party (1994–1997)
  • Veritas (2005–2015)
  • We Demand a Referendum Now (2012–2014)

Siehe auch
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